The Christian Methodist Newsletter

Volume
12, Number 13Winter 2001- 2002

The New Year

In continuing our ministry of informing the people
of what is happening in our United Methodist Church, this edition of The Christian Methodist Newsletter offers
the following data for the annual conferences. One area of concern for those of
us in Concerned Methodists is the continuing loss of members from our
denomination over the past thirty-two years. We are working with others to
address our problems so that this trend can be reversed. Following are results
from the various annual conferences for 2001:

Annual
Conference

Membership

Net Change

Jurisdiction

Alabama-West
Florida

144,342

+306

SEJ

Alaska
Missionary

4,121

+149

W-J

Baltimore-Washington

207,926

-5,614

NEJ

California-Nevada

92,200

-220

W-J

California-Pacific

97,587

-1,455

W-J

Central
Pennsylvania

161,650

-1,871

NEJ

Central Texas

155,072

+2,625

SCJ

Dakotas

46,210

-496

NCJ

Desert Southwest

46,076

-675

W-J

Detroit

102,831

-1,982

NCJ

East Ohio

190,735

-3,068

NCJ

Eastern
Pennsylvania

133,011

-2,500 (est.)

NEJ

Florida

335,579

-566

SEJ

Germany North

12,608

-403

N/A

Greater New
Jersey

113,824

-1,640

NEJ

Holston

170,846

-1,023

SEJ

Illinois Great
Rivers

168,829

-3,725

NCJ

Iowa

200,543

-802

NCJ

Kansas East

73,483

-145

SCJ

Kansas West

89,958

-1349

SCJ

Kentucky

153,204

-350

SEJ

Little Rock

63,078

-813

SCJ

Louisiana

127,446

+345

SCJ

Memphis

91,811

-727

SEJ

Minnesota

93,069

-1,664

NCJ

Mississippi

190,501

+19

SEJ

Missouri East

74,365

-1,188

SCJ

Missouri West

109,714

-11

SCJ

Nebraska

92,223

-1,923

SCJ

New England

106,727

-1,685

NEJ

New Mexico

42,869

-990

SCJ

New York

138,178

-1,016

NEJ

North Alabama

161,297

-1,455

SEJ

North Arkansas

80,014

-307

SCJ

North Carolina

228,940

+1,884

SEJ

North Central
New York

87,229*

-777*

NEJ

North Georgia

308,489

+6,523

SEJ

North Indiana

103,350

-696

NCJ

North Texas

157,763

+1,818

SCJ

Northern
Illinois

120,325

-824

NCJ

Northwest Texas

69,458

-12

SCJ

Oklahoma

252,572

-740

SCJ

Oklahoma Indian
Missionary

6,373

-17

SCJ

Oregon-Idaho

37,902

-283

W-J

Pacific
Northwest

63,916

-561

W-J

Peninsula-Delaware

96,063

-558

NEJ

The Polish
Conference

4,000(est.)

N/A

N/A

Red Bird
Missionary

1,479

+34

SEJ

Rio Grande

15,227

+66

SCJ

Rocky Mountain

73,068

-312

W-J

Russia
Conference

Not available

South Carolina

243,203

+526

SEJ

South Georgia

142,240

+72

SEJ

South Indiana

120,497

-1,759

NCJ

Southwest Texas

119,516

+1,122

SCJ

Tennessee

113,739

+783

SEJ

Texas

282,345

+3,226

SCJ

Troy

56,798

-925

NEJ

Virginia

339,609

-1,740

SEJ

West Ohio

259,224

-4,979

NCJ

West Virginia

115,062

-2,040

NEJ

Western Michigan

72,582

-691

NCJ

Western New York

60,813

-442

NEJ

Western North
Carolina

289,661

+1,823

SEJ

Western
Pennsylvania

201,216

-920

NEJ

Wisconsin

104,216

-888

NCJ

Wyoming

66,824

-239

NEJ

Yellowstone

17,848*

N/A

W-J

Legend: *
Indicates 2000 Figures since more current statistics were not available.

Jurisdiction to which each annual conference
belongs:

"NCJ"- North Central Jurisdiction

"NEJ"- Northeastern Jurisdiction

"SCJ"- South Central Jurisdiction

"SEJ"- Southeastern Jurisdiction

"W-J"- Western Jurisdiction

Net
estimated change in members in the United Methodist Church- 39,168

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